SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.
AT WESTPORT. PHOLONGED SERIES OF SHOCKB. WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION. NEW POST OFFICE - (By Telcgraph.-Press Association.! ' " Wcstport, February 22, ; '. A terribly ■prolonged, earthquake shock at 12,30 p.m. caused great excitement and alarm. The' whole population rushed from tho houves lo the ilreels.Considerable damage',' was done. The new brick post office was cracked," and mucli crockery and glassware wiis smashed in Hansen's,, Uotluml's, and Martin's three shops. Tho plaster in Laweon'fl shop came down., ' ; All the'chemists' bottles, suffered, and stocks wero shaken lroui tho shelves in many olhcr\b'usint:us places. It was, the most alarming earthquakeever experienced here.' -..- ',- ,
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Dominion, 24 February 1913, Page 5
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96SEVERE EARTHQUAKE. Dominion, 24 February 1913, Page 5
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